Hello Manos, ref weights I am just going from the feel of it, as I am used to shifting big oak beams and small/medium wooden structures which has been my worklife scenario for a long time. I have a precise pivot point I know well on the hulls, it's actually not exactly where you think it would be, a bit further back, which seems exactly right from a sailing point of view. I have left the yard trailer I made in Guernsey and it now has a second life for a ladies rowing skiff on the sea there.
Shifting the hulls has always been a question of this. I have had 5 different worksites up to "the marina" now which is the sixth! and final I hope. It's just the platform to do now, and that's going to be minimal and light.
I made circular "wheels" for turning the hulls with shutterply and 150mm thick pine sandwiched between. I turned the hulls singlehanded with two of those and a winch. I had to dig a hole in the ground to swing 'em.
Nothing's going to stop me now! And you too I think. Bon courage!
As for the mistery of mastrake, i can tell you that besides causing weatherhelm a certain amount of mastrake wil also make you tack easier. traditionally the aft mast has slightly more rake than the fore mast. This is also a matter of personal preference. So it's something to experiment with.
My wife and I had been looking at sailboat options for adventuring with, with the possibility of using it as a live aboard for extended durations, and possibly permanently.
We’d looked at rebuilding an older boat, but we felt it would actually be better and easier for us to build our own. That will give us an intimate knowledge of every nook and cranny, as we’re pretty self-reliant and will do all maintenance and repairs ourselves.
We appreciate the relative simplicity of the Wharram designs, and that maintenance and repairs can be done with a minimum of tools. We looked at several other designers, but we felt that the Wharram designs were the ones for us.
We’d purchased the study plans for the Pahi 26 and 31, as well as the Tiki 26, 30, 31 and 38. They all have pros and cons to them, but we decided to go with the Tiki 31 after a couple of quick back and forth with Hanneke on some changes we’d like to make, and hearing that the changes are mostly alright to make, and the one major change is feasible.
So we’re now the proud owners of Tiki 31 plans #128!
We chose the Tiki 31 because we felt the Tiki 38 was too big for us (to build and to use), and we’re planning some changes to the cabins to make it more like a smaller Tiki 38 with Pahi style cabins and the beams in troughs at the top of the cabin. That’s our big change.
The other ones are more common; increase the length of the masts for more deck clearance, move the ramp to behind rear beam and have the cockpit beneath the mizzen sail, with a deck pod in front of it with a full double bed.
I’ve just started putting the bulkheads and hull sides into CAD to plan out the changes and see what it would look like and make sure it accomplishes what we want. After I’m done with that step, I’ll post some pictures so you can see how it’ll look yourselves. Just don’t expect them anytime soon, it’ll take a while to get it to the point that we’re satisfied with it.
I look forward to talking with you all and sharing our progress as we go.
No better time to do the computer work than a Canadian prairie winter.
Ian
Hello Manos, ref weights I am just going from the feel of it, as I am used to shifting big oak beams and small/medium wooden structures which has been my worklife scenario for a long time. I have a precise pivot point I know well on the hulls, it's actually not exactly where you think it would be, a bit further back, which seems exactly right from a sailing point of view. I have left the yard trailer I made in Guernsey and it now has a second life for a ladies rowing skiff on the sea there.
Shifting the hulls has always been a question of this. I have had 5 different worksites up to "the marina" now which is the sixth! and final I hope. It's just the platform to do now, and that's going to be minimal and light.
I made circular "wheels" for turning the hulls with shutterply and 150mm thick pine sandwiched between. I turned the hulls singlehanded with two of those and a winch. I had to dig a hole in the ground to swing 'em.
Nothing's going to stop me now! And you too I think. Bon courage!
Nov 19, 2013
Mick
Hi!
As for the mistery of mastrake, i can tell you that besides causing weatherhelm a certain amount of mastrake wil also make you tack easier. traditionally the aft mast has slightly more rake than the fore mast. This is also a matter of personal preference. So it's something to experiment with.
Jun 14, 2018
Del
Hello,
My wife and I had been looking at sailboat options for adventuring with, with the possibility of using it as a live aboard for extended durations, and possibly permanently.
We’d looked at rebuilding an older boat, but we felt it would actually be better and easier for us to build our own. That will give us an intimate knowledge of every nook and cranny, as we’re pretty self-reliant and will do all maintenance and repairs ourselves.
We appreciate the relative simplicity of the Wharram designs, and that maintenance and repairs can be done with a minimum of tools. We looked at several other designers, but we felt that the Wharram designs were the ones for us.
We’d purchased the study plans for the Pahi 26 and 31, as well as the Tiki 26, 30, 31 and 38. They all have pros and cons to them, but we decided to go with the Tiki 31 after a couple of quick back and forth with Hanneke on some changes we’d like to make, and hearing that the changes are mostly alright to make, and the one major change is feasible.
So we’re now the proud owners of Tiki 31 plans #128!
We chose the Tiki 31 because we felt the Tiki 38 was too big for us (to build and to use), and we’re planning some changes to the cabins to make it more like a smaller Tiki 38 with Pahi style cabins and the beams in troughs at the top of the cabin. That’s our big change.
The other ones are more common; increase the length of the masts for more deck clearance, move the ramp to behind rear beam and have the cockpit beneath the mizzen sail, with a deck pod in front of it with a full double bed.
I’ve just started putting the bulkheads and hull sides into CAD to plan out the changes and see what it would look like and make sure it accomplishes what we want. After I’m done with that step, I’ll post some pictures so you can see how it’ll look yourselves. Just don’t expect them anytime soon, it’ll take a while to get it to the point that we’re satisfied with it.
I look forward to talking with you all and sharing our progress as we go.
No better time to do the computer work than a Canadian prairie winter.
Del
Feb 11, 2020